316 - Larry McReynolds: Hey Baby Boy!

The Dale Jr. Download

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4.8 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2020

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

Dale Earnhardt Jr. welcomes America's Crew Chief, Larry McReynolds, to the show to uncover how the heck a Birmingham 'Baby Boy' became one of the most recognizable and trusted names in NASCAR. Larry Mac gives us the low-down on why he was nicknamed "baby boy" early on in a journey to NASCAR that was filled with more ups and downs than an amusement park. From Super Late Models at Birmingham International Raceway, he turned wrenches for the best of them and became one of the most famed crew chiefs of his time. From Dave Mader III and Mike Alexander to Mark Martin, Ernie Irvan and The Intimidator Dale Earnhardt, success came with multiple periods of unemployment and doubt in between, McReynolds doesn't hold back about the rocky road that got him there. He also shares his candid thoughts on what made Davey Allison one of the more special drivers he ever crew chiefed for. Oh yeah, throw in the fighting nature of the Blue Max racing team and hot shot young driver Tim Richmond into this tale and you know it's a ride. Dale Jr. and Mike Davis find out about how he got the opportunity to build Kenny Bernstein's King Racing team. and the unexpected plot twist of how he became the crew chief of the operation. Learn how a handshake and a humble apology led to the start of Larry's relationship with Robert Yates Racing. The move nobody expected was Larry McReynolds as Dale Earnhardt's crew chief. Larry shares some funny moments and unbelievable pranks that happened during those years. The DJD gang discuss the first dominoes falling in NASCAR's silly season and the news of Bubba Wallace being tabbed to drive for a new team owned by NBA legend Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin. Will it be more or less pressure for the young driver? We dissect the move of Ross Chastian to the Cup Series in the Ganassi Racing No. 42 ride. And speaking of silly season, Dale, Mike and producer Matthew Dillner noodle the remaining rides and most desirable free agents on the NASCAR market. The fans bring it with some great questions in AskJr presented by Xfinity. We find out that Dale like Nashville Fairgrounds as a track for Cup, Xfinity and for lunch. We shake the pelvis with a story of Elvis and a short tracker's far fetched dream of partnering with the King of Rock and Roll. Plus, the DJD attempts to answer the biggest question on everyone's mind at this time of year... is September too early for pumpkin everything?

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0:00.0	Hey everybody welcome back to the Dell Junior Download. I'm your host,
0:13.0	Dillon Hart Jr. my co-host Mike Davis is here. Matthew, Leah, everybody in the house.
0:19.0	Today's guest for the show Larry McRennel's, a crew chief himself, is going to come in here.
0:26.0	He has quite the career. Should be a great show let's get started.
0:33.0	Hey, test one, two, three, check one, two, hey, test one, two, three, check, check, check, check, check, check.
0:41.0	Okay Mike, ready? Go.
0:44.0	Go.
0:45.0	This is cool. I'm thinking of an idea. It's the jam. Okay. That is pretty cool. That's Mike's voice.
1:02.0	Hey, here you go. Oh man, I'd have to go strobe on that ass.
1:08.0	Boy, we couldn't wait to get back to the office. We couldn't wait. Show me an office to amazing.
1:14.0	There's a music and rhythm. Make more please. Show me work. Yeah, yeah.
1:19.0	Yes. Social media. I have no idea what the popular opinion is.
1:23.0	Rumors. I haven't been on social media. Here's the consistent with the way everybody disseminates information
1:29.0	everywhere else. Very toxic combination. I like it. That's how I'm going to approach this conversation.
1:33.0	And we'll see if it's not a train wreck. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The internet, the internet is a marketplace.
1:40.0	Market plays a marketplace of more on. Okay. So when you hear that voice, that's Mike of more on.
1:48.0	Oh man, that's her tearing up. That's good. DJ Delaner. It's just us that lay.
2:02.0	I play these for Amy and she does not think they're that funny. She doesn't know.
2:07.0	I know it. I'm not working harder for you. No, no, no, it's nothing Matthew.
2:12.0	I'm like, it makes me think that only I am laughing at my own joke.
2:16.0	If that's the case, we've entertained ourselves. And I don't apologize for that. Oh my God.
2:21.0	All right. So Larry McRennels is the guest today excited to talk to him.
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